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# cancel()

Cancels an asynchronous load of a request.

```
func cancel()
```

## Discussion

After this method is called, the connection makes no further delegate method calls. If you want to reattempt the connection, you should create a new connection object.

## See Also

[`+  connectionWithRequest:delegate:`](/documentation/Foundation/NSURLConnection/connectionWithRequest:delegate:)

Creates and returns an initialized URL connection and begins to load the data for the URL request.

[`-  initWithRequest:delegate:`](/documentation/Foundation/NSURLConnection/init(request:delegate:))

Returns an initialized URL connection and begins to load the data for the URL request.


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